Hat-pin.



A. J. POLLITT.

HAT HN,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1910.

Patented July 25, 1911.

ALBERT JAMES PGLLITT, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1911.

Application filed July 18, 1910. Serial No. 572,495.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT JAMES PoL- LITT, of the city of Winnipeg, inthe Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hat-Pins, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to hat pins and the object of the invention is toprovide a hat pin with a receding or protected point which will allowthe point to be extended when it is desired to place it in a hat andwithdraw when the pin is finally adjusted.

It consists essentially in a hollow tubular body portion or casinghaving open ends and carrying a suitable head, a pin within the bodyportion having one end pointed and the opposite end provided with aknob, a spring inserted bet-ween the knob and the head, and a flexiblecovering secured to the head and the knob and inclosing the spring, theparts being arranged and constructed as hereinafter more particularlydescribed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete hat pin. F 2 is alongitudinal sectional view centrally through the pin. Fig. 8 is asimilar view to Fig. 2 with the knob depressed.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

1 represents a hollow body portion or casing having one end tapered at 2and the opposite end enlarged at 8 and provided with a suitable head at.

5 is a pin passing through the casing having'the pointed or piercing endappearing at 6, and the opposite end provided with a knob 7 A spiralspring 8 encircles the pin and bears against the knob and the head.

9 is a flexible material inclosing the spring and secured to the knoband the head for holding the parts together.

hen the hat pin is to be inserted within a hat the knob is depressed asshown in Fig. 3 so as to extend the point 6 beyond the end oi. thecasing. This allows the pin to pass readily through the material of ahat as will be apparent. As soon as the pin is finally adjusted to thehat the knob is released and the point 6 is retracted or withdrawnwithin the casing by the action of the spring.

Although I have shown a flexible covering inclosing the spring yet Idesire it to be understood that any suitable ornamental cover could beused to hide the operating parts and to hold said parts together so longas the knob can be freely depressed to extend the pin point.

What I claim as my invention is:

A hat pin comprising a hollow tubular body portion having one endtapered and the opposite end enlarged, a head permanently secured to theenlarged end, a pin slidable within the body portion having one end eX-tending therebeyond and provided with a knob and the opposite endbrought to a pointcontained within the body portion, a spiral springencircling the pin and interposed between the head and the knob to drawthe pin into the body and a flexible material in closing the spring andsecured to the head and the knob for holding the parts together andpermitting the pin to be moved in the body portion, as and for thepurpose specified.

Signed at lVinnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, this 4th day of May,1910.

ALBERT JAMES POLLITT.

In the presence of G. S. ROXBURGH, J. K. ELKIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

